Asymetrix Learning Systems Announces Strategic Partnership to Deliver Learn2.com Content via click2learn.com.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1999-- Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM), the leading provider of online learning solutions, and Learn2.com, (Nasdaq:LTWO), today announced a strategic partnership based on the distribution of Learn2.com courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. via Asymetrix' click2learn.com, a revolutionary new learning portal that automates the creation, delivery, tracking and access to a wide variety of off-the-shelf and unique web-based content. Users will be able to purchase Learn2.com courses through www.click2learn.com and will also have the option to purchase content on CD-ROMs and videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. . The agreement covers distribution and joint-marketing of online courseware. "We are excited to be working with Learn2.com, due to their commitment to offering high-quality, interactive multimedia learning content," said Jim Billmaier, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Asymetrix Learning Systems. "We are committed to providing professionals with an engaging and effective learning experience through click2learn.com that allows our users to reach higher performance levels, and the addition of Learn2's content will help strengthen our course offerings through our learning portal." "Partnering with Asymetrix delivers on our strategic mission to make Learn2.com content available through as many distribution points as possible," said Stephen P. Gott, President and CEO of Learn2.com. "Our recent contracts with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. the execution of our distribution strategy. Our company is committed to providing users everywhere, with engaging, informative and high quality content." Officially launching in mid-October, click2learn.com is an innovative new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. learning portal providing professional education and training. Using the Internet to remove economic and logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation barriers to critical learning, it allows individuals and small to medium-sized businesses to access formal training online, in an engaging and highly interactive format, with a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Larger organizations can access click2learn.com using the increasingly popular Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) model, by seamlessly integrating a custom version of click2learn.com with their organization's intranets. The addition of Learn2.com's 250 plus courses, will add to the depth of click2learn.com's course selection by offering customers access to online learning in a wide variety of computing computing - computer , soft skill and business topics, in addition to the hundreds of professional learning courses already available directly through www.click2learn.com. Current course offerings include topics such as end-user and technical computer training, personal skill development, business topics and industrial and OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. required training. These courses, and courses created with the free click2learn.com authoring and publishing system (click2learn.publisher), will also be available through Internet portal partners such as the Go2Net and VerticalNet network of websites, and corporate partners through their intranets and virtual universities. Additionally, a number of free courses are available currently through click2learn.com, with more constantly being added. Titled 2MinuteTutors(TM), these short tutorials cover a wide variety of topics focused on improving the skills and knowledge requirements of busy business professionals. Try an online course today, or a free 2MinuteTutor, at www.click2learn.com. About Learn2.com Learn2.com is a leader in the creation and distribution of online advanced learning and training. The Learn2.com suite of products provides an engaging learning experience to consumer and corporate customers by allowing interactive multimedia and animated courseware to be accessed instantly on the Web. Learn2.com is also an Internet learning community that offers consumers tips and step-by-step instructions on a broad spectrum of skills, activities and tasks, as well as immediately accessible multimedia consumer training courses and tutorials. Corporations have access to the same high quality tutorials through Learn2University, which includes additional features such as reporting and administration. For more information, call 800 214-8000. Learn2.com is located at www.learn2.com and Learn2University is located at www.learn2university.com About Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM) is a leading provider of online enterprise learning solutions that enable organizations to author, deploy and manage Internet-based training and education. Asymetrix offers a single source training solution incorporating learning management and authoring software products with professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , including custom development, strategic consulting and integration services. For more information on Asymetrix solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. Asymetrix Learning Systems Inc. is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.asymetrix.com, and click2learn.com is located at www.click2learn.com. Asymetrix is a registered trademark and click2learn.com is a trademark of Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Asymetrix is registered in the USA and in certain other countries. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners. www.asymetrix.com www.click2learn.com |
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